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Species: Platythyrea parallela

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Ponerinae Genus: Platythyrea

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Ponera parallela Smith, 1859a PDF: 143 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru I.). AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Donisthorpe, 1943e PDF: 434 (m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1976a PDF: 42 (l.).

Combination in Platythyrea: Donisthorpe, 1932c PDF: 454.

Senior synonym of Platythyrea aruana, Platythyrea coxalis, Platythyrea pusilla: Wilson, 1958c PDF: 151; of Platythyrea pacifica: Wilson & Taylor, 1967b PDF: 20; of Platythyrea annamita, Platythyrea australis, Platythyrea cephalotes, Platythyrea ceylonensis, Platythyrea cylindrica, Platythyrea egena, Platythyrea inconspicua, Platythyrea javana, Platythyrea parva, Platythyrea philippinensis, Platythyrea pulchella, Platythyrea sechellensis, Platythyrea subtilis, Platythyrea tritschleri, Platythyrea victoriae, Platythyrea wroughtonii: Brown, 1975: 8.

Distribution:

MALAGASY:-, Indonesia, Seychelles Is, India, Vietnam, Australia, Sri Lanka, West Malaysia, Sumatra, Singapore, Java, Philippines, Borneo,

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Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 4 times found in Pandanus & Casaurina forest, 3 times found in coastal rainforest, 1 times found in Davis-sifting & incidentals ~ 1 hr. secondary forest, just off dirt rd.; nest of funny poneroid in big log., 1 times found in riparian closed-forest, 1 times found in wet sclerophyll, 1 times found in on first rise near road, still plenty of Anoplolepis; collected for ~1hr., 1 times found in On vegetation in old agro-forest, nr. mangrove, esp. from big Ukall tree, 1 times found in Peanut butter, maple syrup baits near dock, incidental collections. suspicious ant on PB bait near post closest to bathroom, looks monomorphic, though same collection # includes State Office and dispe, 1 times found in 2° wet forest, 1 times found in ground forager(s), ...

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 3 times davis-sifting; incidental aspirated, 1 times aspirating; PB & maple syrup bait, 1 times fog sample, 1 times search

Elevations: collected from 10 - 1150 meters, 193 meters average